Election Daily - POLL - Fianna Fáil Opens A Lead, Sinn Féin Surges
The latest Irish Times / Ipsos MRBI poll, conducted in the days after the calling of the general election, shows Fianna Fáil edging ahead of Fine Gael and Sinn Fein gaining significant support. Pat Le...
20 Jan 202012min
Election Daily - Policies, Pensions & Polls
For Fine Gael, week two of #GE2020 opens under the shadow of a poll in a Sunday newspaper that put them 12 points behind Fianna Fail. The Irish Times will publish our own poll soon. Meanwhile, Harry M...
20 Jan 202015min
So How Did The Last Government Do?
How has Fine Gael performed in government since 2016? We ask four of our specialist journalists - Paul Cullen on health, Kitty Holland on social housing and homelessness, Carl O'Brien on education an...
18 Jan 202038min
Election Daily - Varadkar Visits Drogheda & Labour Seeks Commuter Vote
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar & Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan met with senior Garda in Drogheda today as gang wars escalate in the town. Simon Carswell was following the action and spoke to Hugh Linehan ...
17 Jan 202016min
Election Daily - On Board The Battle Bus, FF's Spending Pledge, SF on Defensive
On day three of the election campaign Jennifer Bray spent the afternoon aboard the Fine Gael 'battle bus' as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited Longford, shook some hands and avoided some bolshy locals. F...
16 Jan 202013min
Election Daily - Controversial Remarks & Campaign Launches
Harry McGee and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan in studio to dissect day two of #GE2020. As campaign launches took place across the country, the homeless crisis became the main issue facing the parties fo...
15 Jan 202016min
What's at Stake in #GE2020? - with Fintan O'Toole
Is there potential for real change emerging from the results of this general election? Fintan O'Toole joins Hugh and Pat to talk about the politics of patronage, how politicians respond to what they ...
15 Jan 202045min
Election Daily - Day One - Slogans, Saturday Voting, TDs Stepping Down
Election Daily is our new podcast series covering #GE2020 in under 15 minutes. We'll publish a new episode every weekday evening. Fiach Kelly and Jennifer Bray run through the events of day one of the...
14 Jan 202013min
